Synonyms for ivory
ˈaɪ və ri, ˈaɪ vriivo·ry

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1. ivory, tusknoun

   a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses

   Synonyms:
   bone, off-white, pearl, tusk

2. bone, ivory, pearl, off-whitenoun

   a shade of white the color of bleached bones

   Synonyms:
   drop, off-white, bead, pearl, os, osseous tissue, bone, tusk

Matched Categories

1. • Dentine
   • White

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.3 / 3 votes

1. ivorynoun

   Associated words:
   eburnean, eburnine, eburin, eburnification, eburnation

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1. List of paraphrases for "ivory":

   marfil, 'ivoire, ivorian, ivoire

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How to use ivory in a sentence?

1. Will Powell:

   If dogs are used and intelligently placed, we are going to stop some of the routes the ivory comes through, the aim is to keep (poachers) on their toes.

2. Homer, The Odyssey:

   Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates: one is fashioned of horn and one of ivory. Those which pass through the one of sawn ivory are deceptive, bringing tidings which come to nought, but those which issue from the one of polished horn bring true results when a mortal sees them.

3. Charles Augustin Sainte-Beauve:

   Vigny, more secretAs if in his tower of ivory, retired before noon.N.B. Vigny refers to Comte de Vigny, who locked himself in an ivory tower to work without the influences of man and desire.

4. Logan Pearsall Smith:

   When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

5. Andrew Wetzler:

   The more we can eliminate legal markets in ivory, the more difficult it becomes to sell ivory illegally.